367, Lot: 39. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Aitna. Circa 208-205 BC. Æ Sextans (15mm, 2.72 g, 9h). Head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Filleted cornucopia. Campana 10d/7 (this coin) = CNS 13/2 (this coin illustrated, but incorrect citation) = Virzi 549 (this coin); BAR Issue 2; cf. HGC 2, 70. VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 549.

Thomas Virzi (1881-1974) was an assistant to the renowned Dr. Jacob Hirsch and sold a portion of his collection of Sicilian and Southern Italian bronzes with that firm in 1907. Additional coins were sold privately after his death, as well as in Leu 6 (8 May 1973) and Malloy XVII (1 December 1980). The only complete record of his important collection is a series of plates illustrating 2238 pieces.